Posts Tagged ‘ No Doubt ’

It’s not Amazon that’s greedy

Aug 8th, 2011 | By

Share/Bookmark How perverse is it when wanting to keep money that you’ve earned is considered being greedy? Amazon, the online retail giant, has been castigated for not collecting sales taxes in states, including California, where it has no physical presence, and therefore no legal requirement to do so.    Nevertheless, critics would have us believe
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IN OUR VIEW: It’s not Amazon that’s greedy

Aug 8th, 2011 | By

Share/BookmarkHow perverse is it when wanting to keep money that you’ve earned is considered being greedy? Amazon, the online retail giant, has been castigated for not collecting sales taxes in states, including California, where it has no physical presence, and therefore no legal requirement to do so. Nevertheless, critics would have us believe Amazon has
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How Do You Quench A Thirsty Girl?

May 8th, 2011 | By
How Do You Quench A Thirsty Girl?

Share/BookmarkThe definition of hedonism is that pleasure is the only intrinsic good.  Quenching a Thirsty Girl involves good-natured hedonism in the forms of drinking good wine and living life to the fullest. Plenty of fun needs to be in the mix as well.  The Thirsty Girl Company is just over a year old and, as
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The Practical Idealist

May 4th, 2011 | By

Share/Bookmark[Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom • By Ron Paul • Grand Central Publishing, 2011 • 352 pages] Sometimes Ron Paul seems too good to be true. For decades he has championed the cause of liberty and sound monetary and geopolitical policy. He has done this in the very heart of the
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Tougher penalties for mail-in ballot fraud up for debate Monday in Texas House committee

Mar 30th, 2011 | By

Share/Bookmark Political workers found guilty of mail-in ballot fraud would face harsher punishment under bills proposed by Rep. Aaron Peña, R-Edinburg, who is targeting the practice with more than two dozen bills, including several set for debate today in the House Elections Committee. Stemming mail-in fraud — an old and entrenched practice in South Texas that is arguably
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REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS CHAIRMAN STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE DEMOCRATS’ 2.5 TRILLION DOLLAR GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE EXPERIMENT

Mar 21st, 2010 | By

Share/BookmarkWASHINGTON – Republican Party of Texas Chairman Cathie Adams released the following statement tonight: “This evening, following a series of backroom deals and arm twisting, President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi convinced their members to support a $2.5 trillion dollar government-run health care bill that increases taxes, raises premiums, slashes Medicare and does nothing
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